Entertaining Satan : witchcraft and the culture of early New England

by John Demos

Paper Book, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

974/.02

Collection

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1982.

Description

In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface tha

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — 1983)

Language

Physical description

xiv, 543 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0195031318 / 9780195031317
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